Nature
The Fresh Spring Clouds Across All Earth Their
Translated by E. J. W. Gibb (1882) · From Ottoman Poems (1882)
The fresh spring clouds across all earth their glistening pearls profuse now sow;
The flowers, too, all appearing, forth the radiance of their beauty show.
Of mirth and joy 'tis now the time, the hour to wander to and fro;
The palm-tree o'er the fair ones' picnic gay its grateful shade doth throw.
O Liege, come forth! from end to end with verdure doth the whole earth glow;
'Tis springtide now again, once more the tulips and the roses blow.
Behold the roses, how they shine, e'en like the cheeks of maids most dear;
The fresh-sprung hyacinth shows like to beauties' dark, sweet, musky hair.
The loved one's form behold, like cypress which the streamlet's bank doth bear;
In sooth, each side for soul and heart doth some delightful joy prepare.
O Liege, come forth! from end to end with verdure doth the whole earth glow;
'Tis springtide now again, once more the tulips and the roses blow.
The parterre's flowers have all bloomed forth, the roses, sweetly smiling, shine;
On every side lorn nightingales, in plaintive notes discoursing, pine;
How fair, carnation and wallflower the borders of the garden line!
The long-haired hyacinth and jasmine both around the cypress twine.
O Liege, come forth! from end to end with verdure doth the whole earth glow;
'Tis springtide now again, once more the tulips and the roses blow.
Arise, my Prince! the garden's court hath wondrous joys in fair array;
O hark, there 'midst the rose's boughs, the wailing nightingale's fond lay:
Thy bright cheek show the new-oped rose and make it blush with shamed dismay;
With graceful air come then, thy cypress-mien before the mead display.
O Liege, come forth! from end to end with verdure doth the whole earth glow;
'Tis springtide now again, once more the tulips and the roses blow.
Enow! thy lovers pain no more, of faithful plight the days are now;
On streamlet's banks, of mirth and joy and gay delight the days are now;
In hand then take the heart's dear joy, the goblet bright, its days are now;
O Fitnet, come, and these thy verses sweet recite, their days are now.
O Liege, come forth! from end to end with verdure doth the whole earth glow;
'Tis springtide now again, once more the tulips and the roses blow.
Codex Note
Museddes.
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Khânim, Fitnet. “The Fresh Spring Clouds Across All Earth Their.” Translated by E. J. W. Gibb. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/fitnet-khanim/1/.
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Khânim, Fitnet. “The Fresh Spring Clouds Across All Earth Their.” Translated by E. J. W. Gibb. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/fitnet-khanim/1/.
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